Alex Moss
BBC News, Yorkshire
Nicola Rees
BBC News, Yorkshire
Reporting fromLeeds Crown Court
West Yorkshire Police
Mark Ross was was found guilty of murder following a trial at Leeds Crown Court
A thief who killed an Amazon delivery driver who was trying to stop his van from being stolen has been sentenced to life in prison.
Claudiu Carol-Kondor, 42, died when Mark Ross drove the van into a parked car after hitting speeds of up to 60mph (96 km/h) on residential streets in Leeds on 20 August.
During his trial at Leeds Crown Court, Ross claimed he did not know Mr Kondor, from Sheffield, was hanging on to the van after he stole it, but he was convicted of murder by a jury.
Sentencing the 32-year-old, of Conference Road, Armley, a judge said he would serve a minimum term of 30 years and added that Mr Kondor must “have been terrified in the last seconds of his life”.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mr Kondor’s fiancé Mariana George said: “My wounded heart is still waiting for him to walk into the house.”
She said: “Claudiu worked hard and dreamed of buying his own van. He finally did this three weeks before he was killed.
“Ours was a beautiful relationship. He was a man of integrity and hard work.
“He loved his job and always wanted to do his best.”
West Yorkshire Police
Claudiu Carol-Kondor died when he was thrown from the van he had been driving for Amazon
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